Chapter 697: Killing Insects

Won?

Kenneth subconsciously lowered his arms, which were folded to show off, with a look of bewilderment on his face.

In just over an hour, he had shown this expression several times. The previous times were shock, and this time was astonishment.

They were clearly evenly matched before, how could he suddenly defeat his opponent? He didn't even use his treasure, and won with a series of attacks? !

This is different from the intelligence he collected.

It is clearly said that in the first three Holy Grail Wars, the attributes of the servants were all equal, and it was generally difficult to determine the winner, and the weak masters became the key to the Holy Grail War and the main target of the servants' attacks.

If the winner can be determined quickly between the servants, what is the meaning of the "master gap"?

Shouldn't I be the one to defeat the other masters one by one? Things are not going right!

This Penglai Gunshen Sanren... is actually really not simple? He is obviously not a very famous hero, and only his students are famous!

'Kenneth, how about me? 'When Ji Xing's voice echoed in his ears, Kenneth's expression suddenly became uncertain. He was silent for several seconds before he reluctantly hummed.

"Not bad, I guess you are barely qualified to cooperate with me on an equal footing, Lancer."

"Thank you for the compliment from 'Still Talking Hard'." Ji Xing smiled and put away his gun.

Lancelot turned into spirit particles and disappeared!

...

The Matou family.

The confusion in Matou Kariya's expression was several times greater than that of Kenneth. The Command Seal on the back of his hand turned into spirit particles and floated away, and his weak body shook slightly.

What happened...?

Berserker was killed?

In the first battle of the Holy Grail War, just one hour after I became the Master, the Servant I summoned was killed? !

His strongest treasure has not been used yet... I haven't used a single Command Seal either... Is this Holy Grail War over for me?

He raised his almost unconscious left arm with trembling hands and looked at the pale 'chicken claw'.

If my Holy Grail War ends like this, then what's the point of me becoming this horrible for the past year? ! How can I save Sakura? !

"No... No! I won't!"

He collapsed and knelt on the ground. His shouting woke up the lightly sleeping girl. She sat up from the small bed with an empty look. Matou Zouken only looked at Matou Kariya coldly, his eyes slightly drooping.

He soon laughed unpleasantly again.

"Hehe, it seems that this time the genius lecturer of the clock tower summoned an extraordinary heroic spirit, Lancer wearing a bamboo hat, who is it?"

To him, Matou Kariya was just a toy. He never expected Matou Kariya to really obtain the Holy Grail. His expectations were placed on Matou Sakura, who he adopted a year ago, and the next Holy Grail War.

This toy that had been wound up for a year was broken after just one hour of operation. It was indeed a bit unexpected, but it didn't affect him at all.

"Really... Go and greet the guests who came to the door." Without even looking at the collapsed Matou Kariya, Matou Zouken walked towards the stairs.

...

The Holy Grail has its own 'will'.

The death of a Servant does mean that the Master is out, but there is also the possibility that the out-of-game Master will be recognized by the Holy Grail again, or even summoned again or take the Servant from other Masters.

It is not a matter of wiping out the roots. Kenneth was too lazy to kill a useless person, but as the victor, he felt it was necessary to achieve some results.

In the final analysis, he felt that he was just a spectator, which was a bit embarrassing. He didn't know how to tell Sora when he went back.

Walking side by side with Ji Xing on the way to the Matou family mansion, he looked calm, as if he could always see through everything and said: "You have long been able to deal with the Berserker in a short time. The initial fight was just to familiarize yourself with the power of being a Servant."

"That's right."

"Humph, you are calm, and there is something remarkable about ending the opponent's continuous attacks. What tricks are they?" Kenneth asked casually.

"No tricks, just shooting." Ji Xing said: "I am the Penglai Gun God Sanren."

"..." Kenneth was silent.

He couldn't count how many questions the six words 'Penglai Gunslinger' answered!

"Hehe, Penglai Gunslinger?"

Just then, an old and hoarse voice came from the Matou Mansion in front, and Matou Zouken walked out and said with a smile: "Are you a Chinese hero? In the Holy Grail War, there has never been a Chinese hero. The modified spirit-drawing ritual and the hero over there are almost incompatible. You are worthy of being a genius lecturer from the Clock Tower."

Kenneth didn't understand why he summoned 'Tong Yuan', but it didn't prevent him from looking down at Matou Zouken with his nose: "You are the actual controller of the Matou family, Matou Zouken? It's really full of filth and corruption."

"Hehe, a humble and living termite, really can't be seen by Lord El-Melloi. Your target is Matou Kariya, right? He is already a useless person, and it's not worth your trouble. If you want to confirm, let me take you to the second floor." Matou Zouken spit in his face.

Kenneth was very disdainful of this look, so disdainful that he didn't bother to pay attention to him, and felt that there was no need to enter the Matou family.

He turned around and signaled Ji Xing to leave, but he saw that Ji Xing was looking up, as if he was looking at something.

As he looked up, Kenneth saw a girl about six or seven years old on the second floor of Matou's house. His hair color is blue and he looks cute. He is half-hidden behind the curtains. Although he is looking at them below, there is no sparkle in his big eyes and there is no expression on his face.

A descendant of the Matou family? Kenneth's intelligence collection was not as detailed as Matou Sakura's, so he casually asked: "Are you interested in this kid?"

Suddenly a strong wind roared in my ears!

puff--! The bright silver spearhead suddenly pierced Matou Zangyan's forehead, and Matou Zangyan and Kenneth showed shocked expressions at the same time.

Wow - the next moment, the Matou Zang Inkstone, which was stabbed in the vital part by Ji Xing suddenly with a gun, shattered into thousands of arthropods, tails, fangs, and hideous and ugly marking insects.

Then these marking insects turned into black smoke and rolled to the other side to form the figure of Matou Zangyan. He said in a low voice: "Lord El-Melloi, what does this mean? The Matou family is in this fourth Holy Grail War." Already defeated, I am not the master either..."

"He knows too much." Ji Xing gestured to Kenneth and said, "I know that I am the 'Penglai Gunshen Sanren'. If it is leaked to other masters, it will be detrimental to the subsequent battle."

Kenneth: "..."

Aren’t you always mentioning your title of ‘Penglai Gunslinger’? !

The next moment he was suddenly shocked: "Huh? You guys are not preparing..."

Ji Xing held his spear, and the bright silver spear tip suddenly burned with crimson fire!

"The use of a spear frightens hundreds of birds, and the emergence of skills shocks all heroes!" A majestic chant came out of Ji Xing's mouth, and Matong Zangyan's pupils shrank in horror.

"Go out like a phoenix and soar high, toward the phoenix!"

The flowing fire spear stabbed at Matou Zangyan!

"Qiang Qiang——!"

The phoenix flies and sings in harmony.

A majestic crimson phoenix with a huge wingspan chirped and soared, creating a brilliant stream of light in the night, rolling over the earth and stirring up waves!

Matou Zangyan's mind was a little blank at this moment. He didn't even have the Noble Phantasm to liberate during the battle with Berserker. How could he use it to attack me? !

Kenneth's eyes widened slightly, and the color of the phoenix was reflected in Sakura Matou's eyes on the second floor!

Under the attack of the Phoenix Bird, Matou Zouken had no ability to dodge or resist. His body made of marking insects and his already corrupted soul were simultaneously ignited, and he let out a shrill scream.

"ah--!!"

"No, no! Lord El-Melloi, I am also a priest magician registered in the Clock Tower, and the head of the Matou family. There is no reason, you can't..." While crying out in pain and begging for mercy, Matou Zangyan's huge Some of the marking insects were reduced to ashes.

A handful of them, a dozen or so, jumped out of the fire with all their might and crawled away in all directions.

Ji Xing put away his gun like a hundred birds returning to their nests.

The phoenixes scattered and turned into hundreds of birds. They pounced on them with precision, pecking every insect to death. Matou Zōyan's screams and pleas for mercy could be heard everywhere!

"No reason……"

"I want to live forever..."

Matou Zangyan could never understand why a strange servant would use a Noble Phantasm to kill him, let alone that he would meet such an inexplicable death after surviving five hundred years!

It wasn't until all the marking insects were cleared away that the flaming birds flew back to Ji Xing's spearhead like returning to their nests, blending into Guixing.

There was no heavy blow or destruction. The land in front of the Matou family only had shallow ditches caused by the flight of the phoenix, but no deeper marks.

Only Matou Zangyan disappeared!

‘Just looking at the performance just now, who would have thought that Matou Zouken was a magician who lived for five hundred years, had the ability to fight with servants before he decayed, and was once a better magician than Kenneth? ’

Ji Xing remembers that he deposited the Holy Grail fragments together with his own body bug into Matou Sakura's heart after the Fourth World War. Now, neither Matou Kariya nor Matou Tsurunori has the qualifications to be put into the body by him. Then It should be really killed!

"Okay, the silence is complete, we can enter the Matou family, Master Kenneth."

A vein jumped in Kenneth's forehead.

"Lancer! You should at least discuss this with me before you do something like this!" If the people in the Clock Tower knew that I used a servant to kill an old bug with no intention of resisting for no reason, my reputation would be ruined. Lossy!

No matter what, what would be even more damaging would be if someone knew that I was ‘cooperating’ with my followers!

"Oh, okay, I'll do it next time." Ji Xing agreed and walked into Matong's house.

"You guy...?!"

Kenneth followed angrily.

The Matou family's mansion is indeed the foundation of the Matou family's magic. There are many pre-engraved magic spells that can be easily activated by inputting magic power. However, after the death of Matou Zangyan, the meaning of these things is almost the same. At zero.

Of course, even if Matou Zangyan had the opportunity to counterattack, the result would be exactly the same. When Ji Xing chose to come to Matou Kariya first, or when Ji Xing knew that he had become a Servant of the Fourth Battle, Matou Zangyan He is already dead!

Without it, it would be annoying to the ears.

Just like Chen Duo, Matou Sakura is a pitiable girl who is worth saving.

As a declining magic family, the Matou family had few servants and was very quiet at night.

All the way up to the second floor, the two of them saw Matou Kariya, who was still in a collapsed state, kneeling in the center of the corridor. Kenneth looked at him for a few times, temporarily put aside his dissatisfaction with Ji Xing's actions, and showed disdain.

"That dirty old bug is right. This guy really doesn't need attention anymore. Even if you ignore him, he won't live for long."

Amidst the creaking of the door, Matou Sakura walked out of the room not far away. She had no fear and just stared at the two of them blankly as before. There was no emotion in her voice: "You are here to kill Uncle Kariya and me. Yes? Just like grandpa. I heard it too, you are the "Penglai Gun God Sanren".

Hearing her voice, Matou Kariya's withered heart began to beat again, and his raised face looked like a wild beast: "Sakura, run quickly..."

Woo——

Before he could activate the marking bug, the dancing gun barrel knocked him down and made him unconscious.

Kenneth raised his eyebrows. He even killed the old bug, but not the Master?

No, it’s up to me to give advice on whether to kill or not. Even if we cooperate, I am still the master!

He snorted: "That's it, let's go back. Such a boring opponent makes me have lower expectations for this Holy Grail War. Even if they leak your information, it doesn't matter. Are you afraid of others' targeting? ?”

Ji Xing looked at him and said with a smile: "Are you using the provoking method? Are you worried that I will kill this kid?"

"...Are you kidding!" Kenneth said angrily: "What does a stupid kid from the Matou family have to do with me?! He's just a trash fish who has lost the blood of a magician. There are countless lives and deaths in the world every day. He doesn't It will not bring any benefit to the world, nor will it have any impact!”

"Oh?" Ji Xing walked towards Matou Sakura.

The corners of Kenneth's eyes twitched slightly.

Just when he was hesitating whether to speak again, Ji Xing squatted down and gently pressed his hand on Matou Sakura's head.

"Little girl, do you want to die?"

Matou Sakura's little face was blank, still expressionless, she just shook her head gently: "I don't want to..."

"Then in order to save your life, you have to provide me with something valuable, do you understand?" Ji Xing smiled: "Do you know where the foundation of the Matou family's magic practice is?"

Kenneth: "..."

Has this gun god been thinking about learning magic?

No... He suddenly realized that this guy chose Matou Kariya as his first target and even came directly to Matou's house. Could it be just for the scene in front of him? !

Matou Sakura stayed for a few more seconds, with a hint of fear on her face, but it disappeared in less than 0.1 seconds, and whispered: "Yeah."

"Take me there?"

"good."

Matou Sakura turned around and led the way.

Ji Xing and Kenneth followed.

Arriving at the end of the second-floor corridor, Matou Sakura reached out and touched a mechanism on the wall. With a roaring sound, a secret passage to the underground was opened.

"Huh, it's so secret that it opens a secret passage to the underground from the second floor." Kenneth took a look and said, "But you, who wanted to base the Matou family's magic on you, really sacrificed the good for the weak. You have already defeated the enemy as promised. As a servant, are you still worried that I won’t give you the basics of magic?”

"It's always good to know more." Ji Xing said, following Tong Ying down.

After walking a few steps, he felt that the place Matou Sakura was taking him was probably not the place he wanted, but he did not correct it. Kenneth beside him was chattering and looking down on the Matou family.

Until you reach the end.

Kenneth suddenly fell silent.

This is a basement, about twenty square meters in size, with nothing else inside.

Just bugs.

Countless bugs!

One hundred thousand? Half a million? million? !

Densely packed insects covered the ground, even stacking up on top of each other. Although they were no longer active due to the death of Matou Zangyan, they were still terrifying!

"It's so filthy and disgusting..." Kenneth murmured coldly.

"Grandpa Zōyan said that this is the basic training of the Matou family's magic." Sakura Matou said in a calm voice: "Let the marking insects penetrate through all the orifices of the body, and it will help me become a person suitable for learning the Matou family's magic. Attributes can also broaden the magician’s innate magic circuit..."

clatter--

Matou Sakura's words suddenly stalled because a bamboo hat was pressed on top of her head to stop her. The large bamboo hat also covered her eyes when looking at the insects.

Ji Xing waved his gun, and the fire phoenix roared again!

"This is not the right place, let's go somewhere else."